DRIVERS are facing ‘severe delays’ on the M5 due to heavy traffic.
There is stop-start traffic on the northbound carriageway, with heavy congestion on stretches passing Taunton.
On the road today? #M5 northbound - travel time of 1hr 50 between J28 Cullompton and J21 Weston. Delays on #A358 and parts of #A303. Roads busy near @BathandWest Showground
— Travel Somerset (@TravelSomerset) June 1, 2018
Travel time is currently an hour and 45 minutes between junction 28 for Cullompton and junction 21 for Weston-Super-Mare.
Here's the latest @INRIX_UK maps showing current traffic hotspots across #Somerset pic.twitter.com/cMSWRI0Rtq
— Travel Somerset (@TravelSomerset) June 1, 2018
There are also long delays on the M5 southbound between junction 16 for Aztec West and junction 21 for Weston.
A map of the current trave hotspots from Travel Somerset
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